For her gripping performance, Dunst was given her first Golden Globe nomination. At just 11 years old, she beat out the likes of Natalie Portman and Evan Rachel Wood for the role of Claudia, a dying orphan whom Lestat transforms into a vampire. Not to be outshone by her more seasoned castmates, Kirsten Dunst was Interview With the Vampire's breakout star. Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Photofest Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images In 2020, he will reprise his role in Top Gun: Maverick and has been confirmed to return for the seventh and eighth installments of the Mission: Impossible franchise. In the early '90s, Cruise and former casting agent Paula Wagner created Cruise/Wagner Productions, which produced many of his major projects.įrom 2000 and on, Cruise has mostly starred in big-budget action flicks ( Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Jack Reacher, Edge of Tomorrow) and thrillers ( Collateral, Lions for Lambs, Valkyrie). Interview was followed by a slew of other hits in the late '90s, like Jerry Maguire, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia and the first of several Mission: Impossible films. However, Anne Rice publicly opposed Cruise's casting in Interview With the Vampire, insisting that he and Brad Pitt swap roles. His portrayal of a paraplegic Vietnam War veteran in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) garnered immense praise and a best actor nod from the Academy. His casting followed a hot streak of critical and box office smashes, including Top Gun (1986), Rain Man (1988) and A Few Good Men (1992). As Lestat de Lioncourt, a sadistic vampire, Cruise plays the film's main antagonist. Tom Cruise, the cast's biggest name at the time, starred in Interview With the Vampire 10 years after catapulting to fame in Risky Business. Image Credit: Warner Brothers/Photofest James Devaney/Getty Images In 2019, he reunited with Inglourious Basterds director Quentin Tarantino for box office hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Pitt most recently hit the big screen in Ad Astra, which premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival before its theatrical release this fall. From Moneyball to The Big Short to 12 Years a Slave, for which he won an Oscar, Pitt has found as much success as a producer as he has an actor.įrom comedies to dramas to everything in between, his body of work spans a wide range of genres. He also co-founded a production company, Plan B Entertainment. In the early 2000s, he expanded into action films with Ocean's Eleven, Troy and Mr. For the latter, he received a Golden Globe for best supporting actor and his first of five Oscar nominations. Though Pitt has described the shoot as "miserable," it led to appearances in Se7en and Two Monkeys the following year.
In the film, Pitt plays Louis, a bereaved plantation owner who is turned into a vampire by Lestat. His performances in True Romance (alongside Interview co-star Christian Bale) and Interview With the Vampire confirmed his status as a rising star.
After starring in a few poorly received films, his career took off with Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It. Today one of Hollywood's biggest A-listers, Brad Pitt toiled in obscurity for years before playing heartthrob J.D. Image Credit: François Duhamel/Warner Brothers/Photofest Paul Morigi/Getty Images In anticipation of the movie's silver anniversary, The Hollywood Reporter checks in with the actors who breathed life into the dead and undead characters of Interview With the Vampire. 11, 2019 marks 25 years since the cult classic hit theaters.
Positive critical reviews helped Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles land Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best original score, art direction and supporting actress. Made on a $60 million budget, the film grossed more than $223 million worldwide and had the top weekend box office opening of 1994. It also featured early performances by actors who would go on to achieve major success, such as Thandie Newton and Kirsten Dunst. Based on Rice's 1976 novel of the same name, the drama-horror was headlined by a star-studded cast that included Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Christian Slater. In 1994, director Neil Jordan and screenwriter Anne Rice gave fans of Interview With the Vampire an adaptation to sink their teeth into.
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